3A PARTNERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06981680 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£94.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10612
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 10890SIC 10890
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
  • 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £94,432
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
£94k
↑ 522% YoY
Current Assets
£96k
↑ 929% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£19k£38k£57k£76k£96kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£94.4k£15.2k
Current assets£95.6k£9.3k
Cash£3.5k£6.6k
Debtors£90.6k£1.2k
Net assets£94.4k£15.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-08-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2018-08-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2018-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-08-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-08-26
    COSEC ANGELS LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2009-08-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As 3A PARTNERS LTD
  18. 2009-08-05
    JOSHI, Aamit appointed
    director
  19. 2009-08-05
    JOSHI, Yogita appointed
    director
  20. 2009-08-05
    COSEC ANGELS LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Aamit Joshi
Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/08/2016
Mrs Yogita Joshi
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/08/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10612 — SIC 10612

Registered office

Flat 3, 1-3 Cornwall Gardens
London
SW7 4AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-10
Last: 2026-04-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

JOSHI, Aamit
director · ~53y · appointed 2009-08-05
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Active
JOSHI, Yogita
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-08-05
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Active
COSEC ANGELS LTD
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-05 · resigned 2016-08-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-16